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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. What function is vitamin A?






2. How much milk is to be consumed per day?






3. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins






4. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






5. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






6. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






7. Name six sources of grains






8. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






9. What function is vitamin D?






10. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






11. The higher the BMR a client has --






12. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






13. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?






14. What are healthy sources of fats?






15. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






16. Fats can lead to some medical problems






17. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






18. What is normal BMI?






19. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?






20. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






21. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?






22. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






23. What is the function of vitamin E?






24. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






25. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?






26. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






27. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






28. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






29. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






30. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?






31. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






32. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






33. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






34. What is RDA of protein?






35. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






36. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?






37. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






38. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






39. How many calories/gram is protein?






40. When does BMR decrease?






41. Where can you get more vitamin D?






42. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?






43. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






44. When does BMR increase?






45. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






46. What type of people need extra protein?






47. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






48. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






49. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






50. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet







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